Clayton A. Chan, D.D.S. Founder/Director

About Dr. Chan

Dr. Clayton Chan is a dental educator, trainer and consultant to dentists who span the globe from private practice to leading dental organizations. All attest to Dr. Chan's unique impact in the field of private practice, personal and organizational transformation and development.

Dr. Chan has shared platforms with leading authorities in the areas of occlusion, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, orthodontic/orthopedics and comprehensive restorative and continues to be a leader in advocating the use of objective measuring technologies to bring accountability to the clinical dental practice.

Occlusion Connections™ is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing dental education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship/Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 9/1/2016 to 8/31/2020. Provider ID# 349336.

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Welcome to OC

A new understanding is required of today’s dentist to grasp underlying factors that relates clinical dentistry to both the gnathic and neuromuscular principles. This journey is a blended process that brings an in depth understanding with clinical experience. Together with excellence based on honesty, respect, discipline and courage these organic concepts will come together in both skilled clinical application and bio-physiologic science. This is GNM.

Finding a Qualified GNM Dentist

Disclosure:
It is the responsibility of each patient to ask the right questions in order to determine whether a dentist is qualified to meet your particular dental needs. Dentist have varying degrees of knowledge, experience, training and skills. Occlusion Connections™ is not responsible for the diagnostic and clinical decision making that each dentist makes when treating their patients.

The dentist listed on this map have taken varying levels of OC courses. It is your responsibility to determine if each one is qualified to treat and help meet your particular needs.

Difference Between NM Classical Trajectory and Optimized Trajectory

Neuromuscular K7 Dentist are recognizing from their own experience of both NM classical and OC’s they know and have recognized there exists another level of advancement. Many doctors have partnered with OC for the execution of the Optimized process and protocol because they know it makes a huge difference, it is sensible and it has answered forth rightly the many questions that have gone unanswered for years by experts within the NM community.

The Optimized Bite’s reason for success lies in the fact that it is based upon a mandibular and head posture that is level with the horizon (mandible is physiologically and anatomically oriented – occlusal plane angled not flat as in classic HIP (hamular notch-incisive papilla) referencing concepts. The mandible is “optimized” in 6 dimensions with specific understanding and protocols taught in OC’s Level 1-7 curriculum. The optimizing approach does not force the mandible anterior neither does it protruded the mandible to some un-physiologic or unesthetic position. It is not a randomly chosen or position that is some where anterior to the classic NM trajectory. It is a precise, accurate and measured position that is scientifically quantifiable.

When upper complex (upper head) is level, and the Optimized Bite provides that idealized relationship with the lower jaw, the positive effects of unleashing the body’s potential translates from the atlas and downward the spinal column, unleashing the whole cervical complex. Anything less than that Optimum position may lend to a temporary gain, but not for long. This process improves the “frequency” vibration of all the cells to function and allows improved recovery and neuromuscular responses.

“Regardless of the stance and or head position that each and every activity demands the body to perform, the Optimized Bite as we have been advocating will allow the body to deliver the necessary functions for optimal balance, flexibility and strength with the quality of resting states required for optimal performance.” – Clayton Chan, D.D.S.